Trump is readying executive orders to stem refugees from ‘terror-prone’ regions and on the U.N. to halt funding for any organizations that give full membership to the Palestinian Authority, supports abortion programs or evades international sanctions against Iran or North Korea.washingtontimes.com(See also First 100 Days, Immigration, Syria, United Nations, North Korea)

National Security Adviser Mike Flynn says Iran is "on notice," but the White House announced no new military action or other responses to what he called its provocations.npr.org(See also First 100 Days, Michael Flynn)

Trump administration imposes new sanctions on a dozen companies and 13 individuals, including Iranian and Chinese nationals, targeted in response to a January missile test and support for Houthi rebels.theguardian.com(See also First 100 Days, China)

A joint command center made up of the forces of Russia, Iran and militias supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday said the U.S. strike on a Syrian air base on Friday crossed "red lines."reuters.com(See also Syria, Russia)

2017.06.28

The Trump administration is expected to announce how it will implement its modified travel ban, following the Supreme Court's decision lifting a stay on the executive order imposed by two lower courts, barring travelers from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering the U.S. for 90 days.npr.org(See also Muslim Immigration Ban, Muslims, Foreign Policy, Syria, Legal Activity)

2017.07.14

A federal court judge agreed once again to partially halt the ban of certain foreign nationals from six predominantly Muslim countries on a nationwide basis - a direct rebuke to the government's attempt to limit the close family members allowed in the US - allowing "grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins of persons in the United States" to gain entry into the country.cnn.com(See also Legal Activity, Muslim Immigration Ban, Syria, Yemen, Supreme Court)

Two months after signing it, Donald Trump has not begun enforcing a law imposing new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea, Senators John McCain and Ben Cardin, and with just two days to go, his administration has not provided information related to Russia’s defense and intelligence sectors required under the measure.reuters.com(See also Russia, North Korea)

2017.10.05

Donald Trump has plans to decertify the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, opening the door for Iran to start up its nuclear program, despite General Mattis saying that he thought it would be in US security interests to remain in the deal.axios.com(See also James Mattis, Foreign Policy)

European leaders pushed back sharply Friday against Donald Trump’s decision to strip White House backing from the Iran nuclear deal, saying the move would weaken U.S. credibility, drive a wedge within the Western alliance and hurt global efforts to address dangers from Tehran to North Korea.washingtonpost.com(See also Foreign Policy, North Korea, Unprecedented Actions)

Despite the deaths of as many as half a million people in the Syrian civil war, the Trump Administration is now prepared to accept President Bashar al-Assad’s continued rule until Syria’s next scheduled Presidential election, in 2021, reversingrepeated U.S. statements that Assad must step down as part of a peace process.newyorker.com(See also Russia, Syria, Reversals, Foreign Policy, Rex Tillerson)

High on the agenda of the two men — George Nader, a political adviser to the de facto ruler of the U.A.E., and Elliott Broidy, the deputy finance chairman of the Republican National Committee — was pushing the White House to remove Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson, backing confrontational approaches to Iran and Qatar and repeatedly pressing the president to meet privately outside the White House with the leader of the U.A.E.

2018.05.01

The Trump administration embraced Israel's claims that Iran entered a nuclear deal with the world's major powers under false pretenses, a start divergence from its European allies, who said the disclosures broke little new ground and reinforced, rather than weakened, the case for the 2015 deal.nytimes.com(See also Reversals, Israel)

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the administration was revoking licenses for Boeing and Airbus, which were among the biggest deals since the nuclear accord,as Boeing had planned to sell IranAir about 80 aircraft worth about $17 billion; Airbus had agreed to sell 100 aircraft worth about $19 billion.

2018.05.09

Donald Trump’s national security team is weighing the elimination of the top White House cybersecurity job, as the nation faces growing digital threats from adversaries such as Russia and Iran.politico.com(See also Russia, Cybersecurity)

2018.05.11

One of the State Department’s top experts on nuclear proliferation resigned this week after Donald Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, in what officials and analysts say is part of a worrying brain drain from public service generally over the past 18 months.foreignpolicy.com(See also Resignations and Dismissals, Nuclear Weapons)

2018.07.22

Donald Trump threatened Iran, warning of severe “consequences,” as rhetoric between the two countries’ presidents escalated dramatically through an all-caps message on Twitter addressed to President Hassan Rouhani of Iran.nytimes.com(See also Unpresidential Behavior)

2018.07.31

Iranian officials reacted skeptically on Tuesday to Donald Trump's comments that he's willing to negotiate with his Iranian counterpart, saying instead that if Trump wants talks, he needs to rejoin the international nuclear deal he unilaterally pulled out of earlier this year.msn.com(See also Foreign Policy, Nuclear Weapons)

2018.11.02

The Trump administration restored U.S. sanctions on Iran that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal, but carved out exemptions for eight countries that can still import oil from the Islamic Republic without penalty.apnews.com(See also Reversals)